OBIT: Charles W. JOHNSTON, 1887, Blair County, PA
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Death of C. W. Johnston.
Dr. J. W. Johnston, of Claysburg, passed through the city last
evening, having been suddenly summoned to Abbottstown, Cumberland
county, by a telegram announcing the death of his brother, C. W.,
which occurred Wednesday. Charles W. Johnston was the son of Thomas
and Margaret Johnston, of Woodbury, Pa., and was 40 years of age at
the time of his death. He leaves a wife and three children to mourn
the stroke which has taken away the head of their household. His aged
parents also survive as well as his brothers, Dr. J. W., William,
Major W. F., and D. S. His sisters are Mrs. J. R. Durborrow and Mrs.
J. M. Berkstresser, of Huntingdon, and Miss Nannie, of Woodbury. He
was a member of company A, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth regiment,
Pennsylvania veteran volunteers, and was wounded in the service. He
also contracted rheumatism from which he suffered much in the latter
years of his life, and for the last year was a victim to heart
disease, which terminated in dropsy. He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church and a good man. His many friends in this county will
be sorry to hear of his early death. The remains were taken to
Huntingdon Friday for interment.
Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, May 5, 1887, page 3